While I love young people, I like to talk to people my own age. I feel very lucky when we get together and there are middle-aged people and they stil… - Maxine Hong Kingston

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While I love young people, I like to talk to people my own age. I feel very lucky when we get together and there are middle-aged people and they still have their art, their writing, their acting. That's exciting. Like there is still life and the business of time and taking that away from them has not stopped them from being youthful.

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About Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston (born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Birth Name: Maxine Ting Ting Hong

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